Mar. 12, 2013

Wayne Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree / Detroit Free Press file photo

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Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission filed a formal complaint today against Wayne Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree accusing him of having a sexual affair with a woman who appeared before him during a child support case and later said she became pregnant with his child.

McCree is accused of sending inappropriate and sexually explicit comments to Geniene La'Shay Mott, was a complaining witness in a child support case involving Robert King, the father of her child. The 20-page complaint also accused McCree of discussing the case before him with Mott and having sex with her in judicial chambers.

The Free Press could not immediately reach McCree for comment today.

The complaint said his alleged conduct “erodes public confidence in the judiciary.”

It also said McCree spoke with Mott via text message — including when he was on the bench — and in person, by email and phone from May to November of 2012.

The complaint said numerous text messages McCree sent from the bench contained inappropriate or derogatory references to people appearing before him as well as inappropriate and derogatory references to other judges and/or court employees.

“C’mon, U’r talking about the ‘docket from hell’, filled w/tatted up, overweight, half-ass English speaking, gap tooth skank hoes … and then you walk in,” McCree allegedly wrote in a text sent to Mott from the bench.

McCree, who was previously censured for sending a shirtless photo to a county sheriff's office employee in an unrelated incident, was accused of two counts of improper conduct, false report of a felony, improper bench conduct and demeanor and misrepresentations to the commission.

He is accused of sending an email to Mott last June saying “My Judicial Tenure Commission matter has me nervous, as you might expect. I have to be real careful until this matter is put to rest. I can only ask humbly for your indulgence. Sorry. Second, you are the complaining witness on a case that is before me. Naturally if it got out that we were seeing each other before your (baby’s daddy’s) case closed, everybody could be in deep (expletive).”

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McCree gave Mott his business card in May, after she appeared before him in a case where King was accused of not paying child support, and requested she contact him, the document said.

He didn’t disqualify himself or have the case transferred to another judge until Sept. 2012 and sent a text when the case was transferred, the complaint said.

“DONE DEAL!!! :-). I told a story so well, I had me believing it!!,” he allegedly wrote in a text to Mott after it was transferred, according to the document.

McCree made a stalking/extortion complaint against Mott with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in November and is accused of lying to investigators from the prosecutor’s office during the investigation. He said he transferred the case involving King “immediately upon starting his relationship” with Mott and said Mott demanded $10,000 for terminating the pregnancy and not revealing his affair with McCree’s wife, according to the complaint.

McCree was suspended without pay from his job last month.

The commission has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to appoint a master – usually a retired judge who takes a role similar to that of a trial judge – to preside over a formal hearing.

This is the second formal complaint filed in as many weeks against a Wayne County Circuit Court Judge.

Last week, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission filed a complaint against Wayne Circuit Court Judge Bruce Morrow accusing him of misconduct in office.